(Header image taken from promotional images for the film Rec)
NOTE: Most of this blog is speculative and I do not have confirmation from developers in most of these cases as to the motivations behind design decisions. Also of note for...

People taking a small possible thing in media as a slight against them and over-reacting again, say it isn't so.
(Source: The Guardian)
So there's been a bit of controversy, with people getting mad about even the suggestion in u...

Warning the following blog contains lewd imagery and pictures that may upset or disturb those of a sensitive disposition and as such you entirely open this and carry on reading at your own risk. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. Ok so it's time f...

So a teaser imagine has been put out for Far Cry 5. That's it and this time people are up in arms not because "OMG racism cause it looks like a white guy subjugating a person of colour " (yeh I've not forgot the outrage over 4). Inste...

So I'm going to try and do something dumb, it's less than 1 day till the Far Cry 5 official reveal and well I'm going to try and pull what I can from the single image we've been given to try and work out more details.
Well more ...

So 3rd one of these. For those who've not read one of these before simple premise I create a load of fake headlines from fake sites in order to try and actually predict the potential future sensationalist titles and deliberately agita...

So yes in case you didn't know finally Anita has decided to shut up with her misrepresentations and bullshit fear mongering in the gaming industry. Her recent announcement (via her private twitter with an official annoucement pr...

WARNING THE FOLLOWING CONTAINS MAJOR SPOILERS FOR RESIDENT EVIL 7
So for those who've never read one of these before Critical Floor is my occasional series where I dabble at artistic analysis. For those wondering what that is it...

So with Mass Effect Andromeda nearly out it's becoming more and more apparent that well it's a bit of a shit show. Places have criticised it for: poor writing: dumbing large ammounts of exposition on the player; poor facial animator; ...

So yeh second one of these.
For anyone new to this I create a number of totally fake sensationalist headlines from site that are entirely legally distinct from existing websites that report on video gaming from time to time. All in an...

So just to be clear (in case it wasn't and because apparently after what happened with PEWDIEPIE people need to spell out for certain braindead reporters from the Wall Street Journal that things aren't always meant seriously) I do not...

So with Horizon Zero Dawn nearly here and not that long until the Nintendo Switch and Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild there's been mutterings about how open world games are getting tired, they're getting old. People are getting fed...

So I talked about Bethesda's new review policy before and well as this has widened more and more I think it's time to do something bigger and more general about it.
It's no secret that some companies are holding back review copies to ...

Before we get started:
Warning drinking too much can make ugly people look attractive and may cause serious embarrassment, walks of shame or premature death.
Please drink responsibly.
Ok that should have me covered from any liability....

Ok for better or Worse there's talk of Valve shutting down greenlight and replacing it with new admission system and a price between $200 and $5,000. So far very little in known but I thought I'd do a Cblog about it anyway because a l...

(Image "borrowed" from Gamer Informer because it looks cool)
OK I'm excited for Horizon Zero Dawn.
It's a game about a red headed girl taking down Robot Dinosaurs using a bow and Arrow.
I like red heads; I like archery..............

Disclaimer: Death / rape threats are bad. Don't do them!
Additional: If the Recapper reading this doesn't want to bother with this then they have my blessing to not bother including this nonsense in the recaps
Warning: This blog ...

So I promised something that's a bit of an exclusive and this blog will mostly be written assuming you want a written version of the video above.
I have confirmation from some-one at Guerrilla Games that Horizon Zero Dawn will not hav...

By the pricking of my thumb, something wicked this way does come. So I've done my good games list it's now time for the bad and the ugly list. Now some games won't be making this list because I didn't play them and while being, in m...

Ok they're not really off the back of a Lorry but they're mostly codes from copies of PC Gamer. I've been clearing them out having decided to clear out a cupboard and finding the magazines in there.
Before it's asked I'm not putting t...

So it's new year and I decided I want to do an awards thing this year. The awards are arbitrary, the winners purely my subjective choice and may not even relate to the present year at first glance. Unlike my traditional Grumble awards,...

So after Clash of Clans made it big along with its many imitators I kind of thought mobile was dead. For the most part I still consider it to be mostly dead other than the odd pearl that makes it to the surface of the toxic waste dumb...

OK I like Westworld. I like knowing that HBO have said 5 seasons and no more. I like the idea that it was inspired by video games. It's well presented and honestly considering what I've been viewing it works as a good counter point to...

Ok if you've come here for some piece chastising Bethesda for a blatantly anti consumer move you've come to the wrong place. Others have done that and I really don't think this is a road I need to go down while Totalbiscuit and Jim St...

So two pieces have caused a bit of an outcry recently in video gaming. Firstly Vice's piece on Forza 4 which seemingly decided "hey this game is set in Australia therefore we must talk Australian Politics" and then a piece from Ian Mi...

The NSFW tag is here because while there no actual nudity it's risqué and I'm sure someone's boss seeing you reading this or watching certain of the videos contained within it wouldn't have them too happy with you.
So yeh this ...

Consider this a weird kind of game / script pitch style blog different to my previous ones.
After Duke Nukem Forever I started writing this C-blog then kind of abandoned it because it seemed stupid. But hey with a possible new D...

So I wanted to do a bit of something stupid blog wise and I find some of the stupid stuf being put out to try to get clicks to be pretty hilariously bad. Then I set myself a stupid challenge. To try and predict future clickbait headli...

So, long ago MovieBob put out a big picture episode about the future of nerds and the idea of inclusion and how it's the job of geek culture to not just be inclusive but actively go after those seen and not being or not promoting incl...

Hello and welcome to the series where I look at the mounting pile of articles some from a while back that just made me face palm. Consider this the containment chamber for my bile or just my place to take the piss out of a few pieces....

About Dwavenhobbleone of us since 8:33 AM on 06.19.2012

A qualified Environmental Chemist who happens to live in a fairly dense city with no real environment or chemistry industry.

I review indie games on another blog and you'll see them pop up here if I think the review is a good or interesting one (along with a shameless bit of self promotion)

I also operate another blog reviewing films and I mean t pick that back up when I can.

I've been gaming since the SNES days. I've been in the pro scene before for tribes 2 but hate the present pro scenes and have no interest in going back into it.

I tend to get into quite a few Betas and love ones without NDA as it means I can write about them. I have even beta tested an xbox 360 game in my time (and no not a normal public Beta one )

In gaming I'm normally the guy looking at the shelf below the AAA titles first to see if there are any great hidden gems.